BIOLOGY MINOR

Checklist for BIO Minor Clearance

The Undergraduate Biology Office does clearances for Biology major and minor requirements. Students should obtain clearance for the
major/minor prior to the "add" deadline of their last semester. Questions about University or Arts & Sciences requirements (i.e., DECs, Skills
etc.) should be directed to the Academic and Pre-Professional Advising Center, E-2360 Melville Library (http://www.stonybrook.edu/aadvising/).

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Transfer Schools

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ONLY STUDENTS WITH MAJORS OTHER THAN BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, PHARMACOLOGY, MARINE SCIENCES, AND
MARINE VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY MAY ELECT THE BIOLOGY MINOR.

SECTION A. BIOLOGY CORE (at least 2 of the LECTURE courses AND BOTH LAB courses)
All courses in Section A must be passed with a grade of C or higher. Section A and B BIO courses are worth 3 credits except where noted in
parenthesis immediately following course number. NOTE: BIO 150: The Living World does NOT count towards the BIO Minor

Fundamentals of Biology (LECTURE COURSES)(at least 2 Lecture Courses)

Bio Major Credits

BIO 201 Organisms to Ecosystems or transfer

TC
Bio Major Credits

BIO 202 Molecular and Cellular Biology or transfer

TC
Bio Major Credits

BIO 203 Cellular and Organ Physiology or transfer

TC

Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry in the Biological Sciences (LAB COURSES)(Both Lab Courses)
Bio Major Credits

BIO 204(2) Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry in the Biological Sciences I or transfer

TC
Bio Major Credits

BIO 205(2) Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry in the Biological Sciences II or transfer

TC

SECTION B. ADVANCED COURSES (at least 9 credits at the 300 level)

ADVANCED LECTURE and/or LABORATORY COURSES:
Courses indicated with a # may not be used to satisfy more than one Advanced Area.
Area I: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Bio Minor Credits

BIO 310, 311(lab), 314#, 315, 316, 317#, 361, 362, 364#(lab), 365(2)(lab)

Area II: Genetics and Development

Bio Minor Credits

BIO 314#, 320, 325, 327(lab), 339#, 354#, 364#(lab)

Area III: Neurobiology and Physiology

Bio Minor Credits

BIO 317#, 328, 334, 335(lab), 338, 339#

Area IV: Organisms

Bio Minor Credits

BIO 340(4)(lec/lab), 341(4)(lec/lab), 343(4)(lec/lab), 344(4)(lec/lab), 348, 380(4)(lec/lab)

Area V: Ecology and Evolution

BIO 301. 319(lab), 336, 350, 351, 352(lab), 353, 354#, 356(2)(lab), 359, 367(lab), 371(4)(lec/lab),
Bio Minor Credits

385, 386
Area VI: Other
Bio Major Credits

BIO 312(lab), 318 or 358

DIVERSITY OF STUDY: (Advanced courses in at least TWO AREAS of inquiry (Areas I-VI) listed above)
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CREDITS
Completion of the Minor requires at least TWENTY (20) CREDITS in biology courses designed for the biology major (see above,
SECT. A & B). The courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher. A grade of satisfactory (i.e., S) in readings and research
courses applies to the quality requirements within the following credit limitations. Up to TWO credits of biology independent research
(BIO 484, 486, 487, 489) and ONE credit of tutorial readings (BIO 444, 446, 447, 449) may be applied towards the minor.
All credits for the Minor, except those in Section A, must be in BIO major courses at Stony Brook. The list of substitute electives for
the major does not apply to the minor. Introductory biology taken at other colleges only apply to the minor if approved by the biology
transfer evaluator.

Biology Minors Matriculating Fall 2011 and later

revised 4/20/2011